Online Tennessee Attorney Directory

The Board of Professional Responsibility's Online Tennessee Attorney Directory can help you to quickly find any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee. It can provide you with information such as the attorney's full name, office address, and even any public Informational Releases issued by the Board concerning the attorney.

Only public discipline will be disclosed. Private reprimands and private admonitions will remain private and confidential pursuant to Tennessee Court Rule 9, Section 32.

To find an attorney, please provide as much information as you can. (You must fill out at least one item.) You may check as many of the Status checkboxes as you wish. For example, to find all active and inactive attorneys with a last name of “Smith” and who have an office in Davidson County, type “Smith” in the Last Name field, select Davidson in the County field, and check the Active and the Inactive checkboxes for the Status field. To see a definition for each Status, please see the definitions to the right. Please read the disclaimer before using the Online Attorney Directory.

Attorney First Name

Attorney Last Name

City

County

BPR Number

Status:

Active

Deceased

Disability

Disbarred

Inactive

Surrendered

Suspended

Federal Exempt

Former In-House Counsel

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Definitions for BPR Status Codes

Active - in good standing to practice law in Tennessee. An attorney must be on active status in order to practice. Attorneys on temporary duty with the armed forces are considered active.

Deceased - an attorney who is no longer living.

Disability - an inactive status resulting from an attorney being incapacitated from continuing to practice law.

Disbarred - terminates the individual's status as a lawyer. May apply for reinstatement after 5 years.

Federal Exempt - attorneys who serve as a justice, judge, or magistrate judge of a court of the United States or who serve in any federal office in which the attorney is prohibited by federal law from engaging in the practice of law.

Inactive - attorneys not currently practicing law may request inactive status, such as retired attorneys 65 years of age or older, faculty members of Tennessee law schools who do not practice, or attorneys not engaged in the practice of law in Tennessee.

Surrendered - an attorney in good standing who is no longer practicing in Tennessee may choose to voluntarily surrender their law license and no longer be licensed to practice law in Tennessee.

Suspended - not in good standing and cannot practice law in Tennessee, subject to reinstatement to active status. This may be as a result of failure to pay annual attorney's dues, failure to pay the annual Professional Privilege Tax, non-compliance with IOLTA reporting, failure to meet Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements, or imposed disciplinary actions.

Note: Private reprimands and private admonitions are not disclosed and will remain private and confidential pursuant to Tennessee Court Rule 9, Section 32.

Mission Statement

To assist the Court in protecting the public from harm from unethical lawyers by administering the disciplinary process;
to assist the public by providing information about the judicial system and the disciplinary system for lawyers; and,
to assist lawyers by interpreting and applying the Court's disciplinary rules.